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Article #1582Re: 5 to 20Mb/s discs for VAX under VMS - suggestions/reviews
From: cetron
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1987 21:42
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1987 21:42
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In article <84@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk> trw@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk (Trevor Wright Marconi Baddow) writes: >Has anyone got a review of reecommended disc drives for VAX under VMS >which provide between 5 and 20Mbyte/sec performance or can u suggest >any. WHY???? I recall that the max bandwith of a Qbus is about 4Mbyte/sec in block mode DMA, the Unibus is down around 2.2 Mbyte/sec, the massbuss was only about 4 Mbyte/sec, and the even the great glorious (-: BI bus is about 13 Mbytes/sec and none of dec's controllers are near that fast...
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!husc6!ut-sally!utah-cs!cetron From: cetron@utah-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: 5 to 20Mb/s discs for VAX under VMS - suggestions/reviews Message-ID: <4179@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 16:42:12 EST Article-I.D.: utah-cs.4179 Posted: Sat Jan 17 16:42:12 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Jan-87 23:57:14 EST References: <84@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk> Reply-To: cetron@utah-cs.UUCP (Edward J Cetron) Organization: Center for Engineering Design, Univ of Utah Lines: 9